Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

The land is full of adulterers - spiritual, i:e., forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband () for idols, at the instigation of the false "prophets" (; ). Literally, "adultery" and fornication, the usual concomitants of idolatry, are also meant.

Because of swearing. Maurer, etc., translate, 'Because of the curse (of God on it) the land mourneth.' The curses pronounced on the Israelites, in the event of their becoming transgressors of the law and covenant of God (; ; Isaiah 24:5). More then usual notoriety had been given to the curses of the law by the finding and reading of it in Josiah's time, (, etc.) But Hosea 4:2 favours the English version (cf. ). A drought was sent by God on the pastures ("pleasant places," oases) in the desert on account of the "profaneness" of the priests, prophets, and people ().

Their course is evil - they (both prophets and people) rush into wickedness (; ).

Their force is not right - their powers are used, not on the side of rectitude, but on that of falsehood.